SC contempt notice to Katju for aspersion against judges

11 November, New Delhi

The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to former Justice Markandey Katju as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for casting aspersion against the judges in one of his blogs relating to the Soumya murder case.

The top court said ex-Justice Katju’s remarks on Justice Gogoi was an assault on three-judge bench and it was not criticism of judgment in the Soumya case.

A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Prafulla C Pant and Uday Umesh Lalit issued notice to the former Supreme Court Judge , who was present in the court, after showing the copy of the blog to the Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi who said the highlighted paragraph was “intemperate” but would not amount to contempt.